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Dreamer’s Disease


I was driving on the way to our most remote site, and this melody/lyrics began to play in my brain.  So I pulled off, recorded it, then continued on my way.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kzx9g8bKyTRl4pzA_OC42FGXN42vo5-n

I’ll decide later if it’s worth trying to flesh out into a complete song.  Maybe ask my buddy who does Folk singing for a living what he thinks.

Till then, is the melody familiar to anybody?  It’d suck to think it’s mine when it’s not.

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Thorn Wilde

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It sounds original to me. I mean, nothing new under the sun and all that, but doesn't sound specifically like anything I've heard, anyway. Also, love your voice. :heart: 

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Reader1810

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Don’t listen to music that much anymore, but it sounds original, imo. 

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Wayne Gray

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45 minutes ago, Thorn Wilde said:

It sounds original to me. I mean, nothing new under the sun and all that, but doesn't sound specifically like anything I've heard, anyway. Also, love your voice. :heart: 

Thanks, Thorn.  Coming from you that means quite a bit.  🙂

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Wayne Gray

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24 minutes ago, Reader1810 said:

Don’t listen to music that much anymore, but it sound original, imo. 

Thanks for the listen, and for the comments, Reader.  I hope your day is going well.

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Kitt

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Quit dreaming and start recording dude!

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Wayne Gray

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14 minutes ago, Kitt said:

Quit dreaming and start recording dude!

Now, that’s definitely a fun dream.  ❤️  Thanks, Kitt.

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Parker Owens

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I don’t recognize the tune, but I fear that may not mean much. Great song. You will record it, right? 

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Wayne Gray

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1 minute ago, Parker Owens said:

I don’t recognize the tune, but I fear that may not mean much. Great song. You will record it, right? 

Thanks, Parker.

Ahhh, it depends.  This is probably a chorus, and there's a lot more that needs to be written before it becomes a song.  This bit hit me all at once between the eyes (it happens, rarely).  I didn't have to really work for it, it was all just there.  But the rest won't be like that.  The rest will take time, effort, work to create.  I know my pattern by now.  My muse is a tease.

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MacGreg

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Excellent start. I'm a huge music fan of many genres, and this tune is not instantly recognizable as anything else. Hope you finish it!

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Parker Owens

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1 hour ago, Wayne Gray said:

Thanks, Parker.

Ahhh, it depends.  This is probably a chorus, and there's a lot more that needs to be written before it becomes a song.  This bit hit me all at once between the eyes (it happens, rarely).  I didn't have to really work for it, it was all just there.  But the rest won't be like that.  The rest will take time, effort, work to create.  I know my pattern by now.  My muse is a tease.

I know what you mean. I’ve been smacked in the head by my songwriting muse and what there is just pours out. Don’t we all wish creativity always worked that way? 

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Wayne Gray

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1 hour ago, MacGreg said:

Excellent start. I'm a huge music fan of many genres, and this tune is not instantly recognizable as anything else. Hope you finish it!

Thanks, Mac!

I will work with my buddy, Jonathan on it (after Bled the Blood he asked if I had anything else for him).  I feel like it has a bit of merit.  We'll see where we end up.

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Wayne Gray

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20 minutes ago, Parker Owens said:

I know what you mean. I’ve been smacked in the head by my songwriting muse and what there is just pours out. Don’t we all wish creativity always worked that way? 

That's awesome that you get it.  It's hard to explain, it sounds like I'm bragging when I say stuff like "it didn't take effort".  That piece didn't take effort.  The rest?  The rest is a slog!

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Thorn Wilde

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10 hours ago, Wayne Gray said:

That's awesome that you get it.  It's hard to explain, it sounds like I'm bragging when I say stuff like "it didn't take effort".  That piece didn't take effort.  The rest?  The rest is a slog!

This, hehe. Most of my songs are written in like ten minutes. But then there's everything else. Arranging it for the instrument I want to play. Editing the little bits that don't work. I had a song I'd been playing for a year before I realised that if I just reworked a sentence it would actually work with the melody instead of just being shoe-horned in, lol

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